Nintendo's Best Selling Franchises (Mario nears 200 million units)

Nintendo's Best Selling Franchises

As of March 2007, these are the totals on Nintendo's biggest franchises:

Mario series - 198 million units
Pokémon series -  164 million units
Zelda series -  52 million units 
Donkey Kong series - 48 million units 
Metroid series -  13 million units

Mario will be there by the end of the year, easy.

Poor poor Metroid.

Edit:  Shoot, Mario may already be at 200million.

Impressive, alough it's worth remembering there are over 100 Mario games out there :)AdrianWerner

It makes an average of 2 million per game which is pretty solid if you ask me. And the fact that mario has been here since ages makes it normal to have over 100 games... well yeah... maybe 100 is huge but still Mario is huge also. 

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]Impressive, alough it's worth remembering there are over 100 Mario games out there :)haris12121212

It makes an average of 2 million per game which is pretty solid if you ask me. And the fact that mario has been here since ages makes it normal to have over 100 games... well yeah... maybe 100 is huge but still Mario is huge also.

It is quite impressive, but I think a lot of crap came between the real big titles. Don't forget that Super Mario Bros sold 40million. 

Super Mario Bros is the biggest seller but Super Mario World and Super Mario Bros 3 had big sales as did Super Mario 64. Anything with Mario will sell because everybody knows who he is.chocolate1325

NSMB is knocking on the door of 10 million copies globally.  SMG is going to be a megahit. 

1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million

2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million

3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million

4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million

5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million

6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million

7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million

8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million

9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million

10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million

11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million

12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million

13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million

14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million

15. James Bond (Various): 30 million

16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million

17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million

18. Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Electronic Arts): 25 million

19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million

20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million


mario is still the president of video games.

I think I'm about to add to the Mario count. I still don't have the new Super Mario Brothers for my DS.

Buy? Yes?

I think I'm about to add to the Mario count. I still don't have the new Super Mario Brothers for my DS.

Buy? Yes?

musicalmac

Poor poor Metroid.Jandurin

Meh. It didn't grab me much. It feels different than I remember SMB feeling back in the day.Jandurin

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[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]Impressive, alough it's worth remembering there are over 100 Mario games out there :)_Pedro_

It makes an average of 2 million per game which is pretty solid if you ask me. And the fact that mario has been here since ages makes it normal to have over 100 games... well yeah... maybe 100 is huge but still Mario is huge also.

It is quite impressive, but I think a lot of crap came between the real big titles. Don't forget that Super Mario Bros sold 40million. 

11/01/2007

1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million

2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million

3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million

4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million

5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million

6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million

7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million

8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million

9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million

10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million

11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million

12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million

13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million

14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million

15. James Bond (Various): 30 million

16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million

17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million

18. Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Electronic Arts): 25 million

19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million

20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million


mario is still the president of video games.

Rahnyc4

[QUOTE="Rahnyc4"]11/01/2007

1. Mario (Nintendo): 193 million

2. Pokemon (Nintendo): 155 million

3. Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 68 million

4. Madden NFL (Electronic Arts): 56 million

5. The Sims (Maxis/Electronic Arts): 54 million

6. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar): 50 million

7. Donkey Kong (Nintendo): 48 million

8. The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo): 47 million

9. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega): 44 million

10. Gran Turismo (Sony): 44 million

11. Lineage (NCsoft): 43 million

12. Dragon Quest (Square Enix): 41 million

13. Crash Bandicoot (Sony/Vivendi): 34 million

14. Resident Evil (Capcom): 31 million

15. James Bond (Various): 30 million

16. Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive): 30 million

17. Mega Man (Capcom): 26 million

18. Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios/Electronic Arts): 25 million

19. Street Fighter (Capcom): 25 million

20. Mortal Kombat (Midway): 20 million


mario is still the president of video games.

Grodus5

Mario is the best thats why there are so many titles featuring him. You could put him in any spin off title or any game basically and it will sell because it's Mario.chocolate1325

I beg to differ.  The success is because the Mario games have seen a consistent level of quality.

They took gameplay elements from almost every major Mario game. I have picked up on stuff from SMB, SMB3, SMW and SM64 as well as many new things that are quite refreshing. :)foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]They took gameplay elements from almost every major Mario game. I have picked up on stuff from SMB, SMB3, SMW and SM64 as well as many new things that are quite refreshing. :)Jandurin

World 6 has some pretty compelling stuff with wall-jumping, IIRC. 

[QUOTE="chocolate1325"]Mario is the best thats why there are so many titles featuring him. You could put him in any spin off title or any game basically and it will sell because it's Mario.Tylendal

I beg to differ. The success is because the Mario games have seen a consistent level of quality.

You're both correct.  It's a feedback loop.